:Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations
{{Infobox Political post
|post = Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations
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|incumbent = Naseer Faiq
(chargé d'affaires)
|incumbentsince = 17 December 2021
|style = His/Her Excellency{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://afghanistan-un.org/|access-date=2017-07-25|archive-date=2017-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806085456/http://afghanistan-un.org/|url-status=live}}
|appointer = President of Afghanistan
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|formation = 1949
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The permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations ({{langx|ps|په ملګرو ملتونو کې د افغانستان د اسلامي جمهوريت دایمي استازی}}) is the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's foremost diplomatic representative to the United Nations. The permanent Representative is the head of a diplomatic mission to the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. The permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations has headed the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations since Afghanistan became a UN Member State on 19 November 1946.{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/en/member-states/|title=Member States {{!}} United Nations|website=www.un.org|access-date=2020-04-29|archive-date=2020-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508103637/https://www.un.org/en/member-states/|url-status=live}}
The current permanent representative of Afghanistan is Naseer Faiq.{{cite web |author1=United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service |author1-link=United Nations |title=List of Permanent Representatives and Observers to the United Nations in New York |url=https://www.un.org/dgacm/sites/www.un.org.dgacm/files/Documents_Protocol/headsofmissions.pdf |access-date=19 September 2022 |date=15 September 2022}}
List of Afghan permanent representatives to the United Nations
This is a list of permanent representatives of Afghanistan to the United Nations.{{cite web | title = Permanent Representatives of Afghanistan to the United Nations | date = 6 October 2015 | url = http://afghanistan-un.org/whos-who/former-permanent-representatives/ | access-date = 2017-07-25 | archive-date = 2017-07-28 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170728110832/http://afghanistan-un.org/whos-who/former-permanent-representatives/ | url-status = live }}
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| Name
! width=50|Portrait ! Entered office ! Left office ! Notes |
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| Mohammed Kabir Louddin
| | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Abdul Hamid Aziz
| | 1950 | 16 April 1958 | |
| Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
| | 16 April 1958 | 25 July 1979 | |
| Bismellah Sahak
| | 25 July 1979 | 2 November 1981 | |
| Farid Zarif
| | 2 November 1981 | 23 January 1987 | |
| Shah Mohammad Dost
| | 23 January 1987 | 10 August 1989 | |
| Noor Ahmed Noor
| | 10 August 1989 | 25 June 1991 | |
| Khodaidad Basharmal
| | 25 June 1991 | 30 April 1993 | |
| Ravan A.G. Farhadi
| | 30 April 1993 | 18 December 2006 | |
| Dr. Zahir Tanin
| 70px | 19 December 2006 | 5 October 2015 | |
| Mahmoud Saikal
| | 27 October 2015 |31 December 2018 | |
| Adela Raz
| | 31 December 2018 | 1 June 2021 | |
| Ghulam M. Isaczai
| | 1 June 2021 | 15 December 2021 | |
| Naseer Faiq
| | |
Note: Since December 2021, Afghanistan U.N. Mission diplomat Naseer Faiq has served as Afghanistan's chargé d’affaires to the UN.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-united-nations-general-assembly-united-nations-taliban-ashraf-ghani-117fe952f915dc6f7c848081b65501e0|title=Afghan envoy to UN resigns after Taliban moved to oust him|author=Associated Press|publisher=AP News|date=December 17, 2021|accessdate=2022-02-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220222025856/https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-united-nations-general-assembly-united-nations-taliban-ashraf-ghani-117fe952f915dc6f7c848081b65501e0|archive-date=2022-02-22|url-status = live}} The Taliban's pick for UN Ambassador Suhail Shaheen remains unrecognized.
See also
References
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External links
- [http://afghanistan-un.org/ Official website of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806085456/http://afghanistan-un.org/ |date=2017-08-06 }}
- [https://twitter.com/AfghanMissionUN Official Twitter feed of the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN]
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